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A 15-YEAR-OLD JORDANIAN YOUTH, TAYSIR ALI EL-ATTAIR, ACCUSED OF HURLING A GRENADE AT THE ISRAELI EMBASSY IN THE HAGUE ON SEPTEMBER 8 WAS SENTENCED TODAY (11 NOVEMBER) TO THREE MONTHS IN A REFORMATORY SCHOOL.

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A 15-YEAR-OLD JORDANIAN YOUTH, TAYSIR ALI EL-ATTAIR, ACCUSED OF HURLING A GRENADE AT THE ISRAELI EMBASSY IN THE HAGUE ON SEPTEMBER 8 WAS SENTENCED TODAY (11 NOVEMBER) TO THREE MONTHS IN A REFORMATORY SCHOOL.

THE GRENADE MISSED THE EMBASSY AND HIT AND ADJOINING RESIDENCE OF THE FIRST SECRETARY OF THE WEST GERMAN EMBASSY.

THE ATTACK COINCIDED WITH SIMILAR BOMB EXPLOSIONS IN BONN AND BRUSSELS AND THE ARAB GUERILLA GROUP, THE POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE, LATER CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM.

THE SENTENCE WILL INCLUDE THE PERIOD SERVED BY THE YOUTH UNDER DETENTION.